With the onset of the global pandemic in 2020, and ill health within the group, the remaining band members decided to retire from all live performances.
Witchfynde played their final show at Newcastle’s Trillians in 2020. Guitarist Tracey Abbott continued performing a live Witchfynde set under the name Witchfynde-X, alongside bassist Ian Hamilton. Following a year-long tour across Europe in 2023, the band returned to the UK but ultimately dissolved due to an ongoing dispute between…
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In 2020, Babymetal was featured as a guest artist on British rock band Bring Me the Horizon ‘s EP Post Human: Survival Horror , on the song ” Kingslayer “.
Lineage ~Bara no Matsuei~ received a worldwide digital release on December 25, 2019.
On December 6, 2019, the band released “Far Away” featuring Scooter Ward of Cold , the first single from Aurora .
In December 2019, X Japan ‘s Yoshiki joined the band in Tokyo and Osaka on their Japan leg to perform “Beth” on piano and “Rock and Roll All Nite” on drums.
On 26 November 2019, the band published a video in which they shared that they had begun recording their next album in Hamburg and that they were planning to resume touring in late 2020.
On November 25, 2019, an alleged leaked tour poster made its way online indicating the band would be going on a world tour throughout 2020. This was later debunked by Australian publication Wall of Sound , which broke the news that a concert poster troll photoshopped and released it online…
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On November 14, 2019, the band announced that its Australia and New Zealand shows on its final tour had been canceled due to Stanley’s health issues, and stated: “Doctor’s orders ultimately have taken precedence and finally we now find ourselves with no choice but to surrender”.
On November 8, they released the studio version of “Isolation” and announced that Quadra would be released on February 7, 2020.